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Simplifying C-8 certification: How terminal simulators empower payment schemes

Learn how payment schemes can make use of terminal simulators to navigate C-8 certification challenges. Discover strategies for unified contactless standards, multi-kernel testing, and faster partner onboarding in the evolving payments landscape.

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What's Inside:

  • Why contactless payments have rapidly increased from 3% to 25% of transactions, creating a fragmented 20+ kernel ecosystem
  • EMVCo's Contactless Kernel 8 (C-8) is positioned to play a pivotal role in unifying global contactless standards, much like contact EMV did years ago. The certification challenges payment schemes face with multi-kernel environments, requiring 7-8 different approvals per terminal.
  • Learn how terminal simulators empower schemes to test C-8 specifications in-house, giving them the capability to control their own testing processes.
  • Inspired by the real-world case study of a global payment network using terminal simulation to validate dual-kernel logic and accelerate C-8 rollout.Significant advantages for payment schemes, including faster partner onboarding, improved test script development, and continuous regression testing
  • How beneficial is the virtual testing

This article is the ultimate source for terminal kernel and EMV card testing professionals, including certification teams and industry experts, to understand how terminal simulation can transform their approach to C-8 adoption and multi-kernel certification management.

Author:
Sabapathy Narayanan
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